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Accountability Ford Is Shielding Himself From Freedom of Information Requests. 61% of Ontarians Oppose It. Even a Majority of His Own Voters Want It Stopped. Accountability Carney Promised to Build Homes ‘at a Pace Not Seen Since World War II.’ The Privy Council Focus-Grouped the Slogan. The PBO Says the Plan Delivers 5,200 Homes a Year. Accountability Support for Alberta Separation Has Hit a Five-Year High. The Liberal Government Helped Build Every Point of It. Analysis Newsom’s California High-Speed Rail Will Cost $126 Billion. Eighteen Years In, Not a Single Mile of High-Speed Rail Track Has Been Laid. Investigation BC Spent $164,900 on 1,000 Cups of Coffee in Seattle. That’s $165 a Cup. The Province Is Running a $13.3-Billion Deficit.
Economy · 1 month ago

He Slapped a 50% Tariff on His Own Ally’s Cleanest Aluminum. Now His Industry Is Paying for It.

Trump's aluminum tariffs punish the world's greenest producer to protect an industry that can't meet American demand — and Canada is finally looking for customers who aren't trying to bankrupt it.
NW · 1 month ago
Accountability

They Broke the News Industry. Now They Want a ‘Serious Conversation.’

The Liberal government's Online News Act drove news off Facebook, their $600-million bailout made outlets dependent on Ottawa, and now the Culture Minister says AI is the problem — while refusing to update copyright law.
NW · 1 month ago
Accountability

He Said ‘No Business Case.’ Now His Government Is Begging the World to Buy.

In 2022, Trudeau told Germany there was no case for Canadian LNG. Four years later, the Carney Liberals are scrambling to build the export industry they spent a decade blocking.
NW · 1 month ago
Accountability

A Flight Attendant Warned Transport Canada. The Government Waited.

Three weeks before WestJet's cramped seats went viral, a formal safety hazard report called the configuration an "imminent risk." Transport Canada's response: silence.
NW · 1 month ago
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Canada Spent $52 Billion Subsidizing EV Plants. Then Carney Let Chinese EVs In. The Math No Longer Works.

NW · 3 weeks ago
Analysis

California Spent $18 Billion and Hasn’t Laid a Single Track. Canada Wants to Spend $90 Billion on the Same Idea.

NW · 3 weeks ago
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The Deficit Is $78 Billion. The Debt Grew by $87 Billion. Governments Are Hiding the Difference.

NW · 3 weeks ago
Accountability

Kinew Promised Affordability. Manitoba’s Debt Is Up $3.2 Billion. Taxes Are the Highest in the West.

NW · 3 weeks ago

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Ford Is Shielding Himself From Freedom of Information Requests. 61% of Ontarians Oppose It. Even a Majority of His Own Voters Want It Stopped.

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Carney Promised to Build Homes ‘at a Pace Not Seen Since World War II.’ The Privy Council Focus-Grouped the Slogan. The PBO Says the Plan Delivers 5,200 Homes a Year.

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Support for Alberta Separation Has Hit a Five-Year High. The Liberal Government Helped Build Every Point of It.

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Newsom’s California High-Speed Rail Will Cost $126 Billion. Eighteen Years In, Not a Single Mile of High-Speed Rail Track Has Been Laid.

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BC Spent $164,900 on 1,000 Cups of Coffee in Seattle. That’s $165 a Cup. The Province Is Running a $13.3-Billion Deficit.
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